The new Election Law Bill contains a regulation that candidate may only submit lawsuit regarding the result of legislative elections no later than three consecutive days after the result announcement. Many people think the deadline is too short. In the …

Political parties are urged to place their female candidates as the number one candidate in at least 30 percent of all electoral districts. The government need to make a regulation about this affirmative policy in order to increase women representation …

The 2017 Concurrent Local Elections in 101 electoral areas requires legal certainty. In Jakarta Local Election of 2012, Rhoma Irama (a dangdut musician turned islamic cleric) was campaigning against electoral candidate based on racist and religious consideration (SARA). Rhoma’s statements …

In the plenary meeting to finalize the Temporary Voters List (DPS) on November 1st 2016, the Voters Data Updater Committee (PPDP) admits that their staff faced difficulty in collecting voters data in residential apartment block and in prison because not …

In the upcoming 2017 Local Elections, there are six regencies in the Papua Province that will use the noken system in their election. This system, in which votes are cast by agreement or acclamation, cannot be easily substituted with the …

The Election Commission (KPU) asks all citizens to immediately register themselves for electronic-Resident Identification Card (e-KTP) before the finalization of Voters List (DPT). After finalization, any unregistered voter will have to administer a certification letter at the Civil Registry Office …

Location of Polling Stations (TPS) may increase the participation of voters in elections. Therefore, the Election Commission (KPU) have to be careful in determining where the want to place the TPSs. “If voters are living on the west side of …

Around thirty thousands citizens in West Sulawesi might lose their voting rigths because they haven’t received the electronic-Resident Identity Card (e-KTP). In the local election regulation, e-KTP is required for any citizen who wish to be registered as legitimate voter …

The problems surrounding the local election process in West Papua are getting more complex. One of the roots of this is the fact that the West Papuan local administrative hasn’t established the Election Monitoring Committee (Panwaslih) that is necessary for …

In the new Election Law Bill submitted by the Government to the Parliament, there is no reduction on the minimum signatures that have to be collected by candidate as a requirement to participate in the Lower House of the Parliament …